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WAAnNIN -O FAnMEns.-There is a rot of swindlers whose operations are espeela Ily dlirected toward farmers. Itl Is no rgellectti upon, the Intelligence of farthers that this Is so. These ras cals know thalt all kinds of fishi are not to be caught with one balt; hence they operate upon clergymen, doctors, mer chants and fairmors, each in a different nianiner. It is safe to predlct that there is a nesv set of traps ready this spring to catelt fartners. Of late years the "agency" dodge hls.been played sue eessftlly, and it has airdady been start ed thus early In the season. These swindlers are all alter one pattern. A gill) tongued chap, No. 1, wislics to es tUblish an "'agency'' for 6ome crinkum. It may be a stumip-puller, a miachine for grinding the knives of mowing ma chines, it may 'be a shurn power, or a spring bed. Whatever it is, chap No. 1, soiehow, or tin some way, contrives to get the signature of the farmer. lero Is where the trouble begins. We have cauitiomied and reitoratted the cau tioni: "Farners be careful wihiat you sign," uland this does not scm to be etnough ; no mutter how iich care Is exercised, the simooth-tong:.ed chap, No. 1, is usiually too imtili for the faraer. So we say to faritimers, don't act a1s agents to anything, but if you will not beed this, anti the temliptation as to profit 18 too great to reoist, anId you will disle gart warniIgs, We beg of you, filIers, otin't sign any thilig. You maily be asked to agree to becoie ai agent, yoit may be asked to give your address, so thilt- the s1mp) le thlline, to be sent, free, wili come alt right; you muay be asked for tierely your post-offlie ad dress. Take our advice-whichli is the sante as Punch's advice to young peo ple about to Iiarry ; Don',i don't iI Don't, do not--pray, refrain from sign lug youir namue to anythiig whiatever. Observe this, and you are safe. Sign Your ilale oil Iany pretense to anytiig waiittever, ind yon open tihe way for the visit of chap No. 2. lie is noL smooth tongued or. , persuasive. lie has comie to collect his bill. You have ordered s0 an11d so. '1The goods ire it the de)0t. Hero is the bill, anitd he wants the mon cy, as he- mutist tike the next train. Don't say thitt you neve ordered the goods, or there Is your algiature I You eatn't deny It, but, you sigued it as till gIeemiient to act a4 agenit., 01 signed It as your address-No. 2 knows n1ot0hing abouit it., but wllits his 111011y. Here we say again, dion't. )on't be bullied Ilito puying it, but let him d, his worst. Shov hn the 10 door and let, 111111 appeal to' the courts if he dares. ii gaine hias already begun,d hin dreds of fariers, to avoid trouble will throw LwIy thoutsanids of dollir's the coining selsoll. Don't be bullied into paying a dollir o1 any siuelc clim. At tie l1to.s it, cln only go to ia jury of your neighbors to decl~te, but not one cisi I 1a1i humilred will over come to that. Hlow -ro C ioosx A 1r.oi w.-'lows frequitently annoy those who use .10111 inl I mLost, mtuysteoleus mauner. Thv reise to run evenly in the groind atid rei use to keep to the land ais U1y ou111ght. to do. On exanining thiemt niothing seemls to be wronig. E'iVery properly Sluiped plow olight, to have i slight conl elvY itlong the base of the land side, of one-eighlith or three-sixteeitli of an Inch so Uitat the implement will "suck'' Into tie soil and run steadily. This V011cnevity ma y b1 shown by holdhig a steel stutIre to the bottom of tihe plow. If this pirt Is convex, s it. niot unfre (Itlently is, n1o mattelr how high1 a repu tition the maker of tile plow has, it will not1. slay its thle grond(, and will anoy~l tile plowmlan till the ev'il Is re min'(led. Tlhie ha ndside of' the0 base 1.hould also181 be slightly concaveii', to the stun10 -xtent. of onie-eighthi of' an inch or' mlore0, and( never' ou1ght to be con~mvex or' bu g lg, unlder' an1y3 circtumsa 111541d'.I per13lyltltnded to a11t tie t ime of' select ed1 wli'ch0 t'ln ser'iously ple~Lxes a p)0 lowman.* andt cauIses h1i1u to hose mlluch timel which maly 11hus bt saIved. Tn':rmuv Is great economiy in lotting to tIlse ditighiill so natiur'ally, that, tihey' are somietbimes called dunghill fowls. liere they 111ilndlmany grass seeds, not1 a1 4, lihttle partially1 dtigested gi ain, and, wYhat is most51 conlgeil to thiri taste, lots of' lmaggots. Shei lWouldni't Molt, A day or two ago,when aservanlt-gIrI 0I)opened the~ side-dloor of a house8 in re spons18 to a trampj's knock, her face lookeud so kind and benevolent thalt thle hungry man 1had 1no doubt that a good * ~ dinne~r awvaited him, lie had, however, laid out a certain pr'ogrammfle, and( h~e therefore began: "Mfy dear womatln, I hlavenl't hald - anything to eat for two dlays, and I I: iwantedl to ask if you wvould spare me 01ne of these icles whiilh hats fallen from tile eaVes?" *WVell, 1 duinno," 8110 slowly) replied, as she looked out. "1 8suppos08 we mlligh~t spare you one0, if yoult are really sufering, but of course you won't take tile largest and best?" lIe stepped dlown and~ selected anl ici cle about two foot lontg, and in a besi talting manne111r inquired: "If you would ly3 spr'linkl a little pper Oil this I would be forever grate ful." it's~ rather bold in you to ask it, but il ~ I suippose I can sprikie on a little-a very little," she rephled, and~ shle got the pepper)CI anti dulsted his "lunchO~eon" very sparIngly. ie started to move away, but seem in~g to recollect solnething ho turned and said1: "You senm so benevolent I'll ask you to sprinkle on a little salt as5 well. I like my lscieres seasoned up pretty high.' "You are a bold man, sir, and It's plain that you have the appetite of a glutton, but I'll give you a bit of salt and then you' must be gone," shle re plied. Whit the bIele had been duly salted the men expressed hlis thlanks, bit didn't Ulovo away. Ills game wasn't workihg to suit him. Someo folks wolidn't have stood there and sOetn him bite off the end of a big felobe, but this girl did. And further, when he hesitated-to go, she indignantly called out:. "I kniow what you want. You now want bne to warm the1oi0le in the oven for you andi then put on some umastard, but J11lfever, never do it I" LTe man moved slowly out of the te, and as.-he threw his icicle at a passing dog he gave utterance to his disgust in langiage punctuated entire 4Wth altidg-shote, . . GIENTIFIC. Herr Hellmaann has just finished a thorough examination of the fine dust, usually red, which falls on vessels, many miles at sea, when passing along the coast of Africa, about the fatitude a of the Cape Verde Islands. The follow- I lig are some of the facts brought out: Most of the dustfalls occur fit tihe zane of the Atlantic between 9 deg. and 10 uleg. north. South of 0 deg. north they t are extremely rare; and thle farthest E south hitherto was in 2 dog. 50 north, t 20 deg. west. The two farthest west t were both in 38 dleg. 5 west, both about 800 miles from Cape Verde. Dustfaills often occur shiultauneously at very dif ferent points of the Dunkle Meer," or Dark Saa (as Elrenbirg calls it); In one case they were 150 milles apart. They often last for several days. Sur faces of very differett size, up to 100.- l 000 square miles, .ay receive dustfalls. t *There Is a yearly period in the frequon cy of the falls. It seems that near the African coast most occur in winter; t farther west, in tile early spring. The V direction of .the wind during dustfalls V was from the east, and most frequent a north-northeast to northeast. The t dustfalls observed are very irregularly a distributed. Of sixty-three, taken at randon, there were eight fails of sand t and three of sand or dust. Sometimes t sand and dust falls 8ilultaiteously. The t< dustfaiils with great extent eapt and west are denser the nearer the African s coast. In forty out of sixty-flive in- e staticos the color of the dust was red. t Sanetimes there is no coloration, The I dry mist of the Dark Sea is in casual connection with the dustalis. Iferr 1, Iellinan concludes from tle facts that tile dust material comes principally a from Africa and from the western Sat hara. The possibility of occasional t mixture of particles from South Amlier lea is not excluded. Ti.e distributiona of tile dustfalls, both in spaco and it. timaae (0hey follow the movements of tile trade winds),supports this hypothe- 1, ss, as also does the filet. that tile halling 4 tatterial Is coarser In the east than in a the west. Herr von Krupp, of Essen, has attack ed tiae electric light problen, and hitas a patented a laI) in willcl ho ciaimas that , tle carbons are regulated autonatlcal ly In a simpler mantner than heretofor. His aiprovetent 1a not capable of b)-- i ing made itatelligablo without the use s of a diagram. A brake arrangenet e deternines the distance betwe:a tihe carbons, and a fan revolving in quick- r silver for the purpose of regulating tihe L imotion of the carbona-holder i intenided 11 to supersede the necessity for clock 4 work. The use iof glycerlito retard- lactic and aticoholic fertuatitioas. One-lifth 0 of glycerine added to mnilk, at a tein- 1 perature of lifteen to twenty degrees, L prevented it froi turniing sor for i1 eight or telt days. One-haif' or one- r third of glycerinn, at the same tomper- 1: atUre, postponied the fernentation of 1 milik for six or seven weeks. At higher temaperatures larger quantitles are r needed to produce tihe sae restlts. S In painting outside work tle use of turpentti ne is to be aivolded, since it is I more susceptible of water thia oil, ani hence not so well eri.lculatil to preserve work exposed to tho weather. Oil hav- I ing a teimdeny to discolor whito, it) that color the use of half oil and liall 8 turpentine Is frequenittly resorted to. in dark colors this is not necessary. and boiled oil, with ia little turpentie, is the best, or, indeed, hoiled oil only. Speed of Sound.-l n ordli nary cond i t bons of lhe attuosphecre, 011unal las been a 10ound to travel ait thae rate of 1,118 feet a pier at cond at a tetmperaturo 1 of 01 de grecs. btat travels mauena faster ini a more r raureiled atmosupihere, atii upon haighla maounittains this is veay evideta t. The u maeasnre of the height of a robkt t at the oamet. of expilosion cata tact, itn conse qluence, ho made accordinig to thae ordi anary rule. The Undatantedt P'g. Thae coutrage of a sow witlh youing in her anest is sotaetinag wonlderful. No wild atuimal that walks on the soil Caln drive laer froa thletu. Shec will die inl defenace of laer jigs, anad the wolf doesn't live that catt get tiae bettor of ae raIZor black sow. Silo will allwatys eatt younag pigs, provided thaey are not haer owna. 11cr own she anever eats. The pigs of anay other sow shae considers legitimate food, and she will eat them up) to the time that they'are three weeks I old; anad any othier sow ia turn will< oat haer pigs. So there is nbot muceh friendship in a yardl durinag breeding I time. T1hie sows regard each otherC wvithl an evil eye. Distrust, doubt, un-C certainty reign everywhere, unatil thec f pi1gs are quicek and active. Th'len thec t friendly family relations are resuamed. I It is stranage, butt I have aaever seen a I boair eat youn tg pigs, atad 1 have had l all kinds-froma the blootded ''wIind- i splitters'" to thae pure Berkshires-and I I never lad a pig eatetn by otne of thetm. Ihave not pigs iatelligonce ? A ttead. 1 Otae morning I walked up to thec outside of may vast hog pen1. A sow t.hat had I aiwaysa been ratiaer wvild eatme ulp to the insidle of theo ciace oppIosite to me. I looked carefually at her, anad walked along the outside. Sihe followed otn the inaside, and, walkitag witha me, began a lpeunlitar grutiing. It struck my eat ( as a grutmblitg gruntt. 1 stopp~ed and looked carefully at haer. I could see nothailg wrong with haer, y'et shae stood near mie talkinag to me in applealling I grunts. Jumnping over thae fenace I aalked aeaoss thae yard to whaetre I lad 80ome breeding pens. Th'le sow follow oil close. cotastantly grunting, unttl, gettinag itapatieant of her sudden alice tion), I 'drove her awvay. Sheo stoodl oft asnme twenity feet, anad suaddlenly begaan to buaild a nest, scrapinag up the dirn witha her feet., anad pushaing it into a pile with heor nose0. Thaen she stopped anad looked at mue. Understaading Aladaml nowv, I walked to thae gate. Shae fol lowedl. I opened thec gate atnd out shec walked and wvent at onace to thle creek, built her haouse, and in two wveeks she wvas haome agalin with Seven pigs. I ktow of no othaer anumal thaat would haave been ablo to .thus reason and( tell her wants to maan. As to eleanliness: Pigs' will be un clean wvhen they are conmpelled to; blat give them a pen witha a stream of water runnaing through it, and they will keep clean. When they drlik they' wvill even go to the uapper fenuce and drink the perfectly pure water as It enaters tihe pen.' I say that the pig is thes cleanest, the most intelligent, and thae most cour'age. onis of anilmals. Butt should these proof, be deemed insufmleent, I dan give more.. - How To CLEAN CAPPETs.,-If the car )et is to be taken up and beaten, the J ob h'id better be Intrusted to eome man Yho makes it his business.. If this can- I lot be done lay it on the grass or bang I t on a clothesline and beat It on the a vrong side with entes, taking care that Q he canes have no sharp points; then r pread the carpets out and sweep on c he right side. There Is more art in t weeping a carpet than a novice Is apt t o suppose. Ani old-broom should never I eo used, and a now one should be kept if spoealily for the carpets. With Brus les an(d velvet-Ing carpets there are two it le-just as in velvet-and tkey should 11 iwatys be swept with the pile. If a aIpet, is Swept against, the grain, It I oon looks rough aind scratclied up. Ifter being sweptanl laid down on the a] teor, the carpet 8nou1ti d Le wiped. Have % wo palls, one of clean soap-suds, the k ther with lukewarm water, a clean naiel cloth and two coarse, clean Dwels. Take the carpet by breadths, ,ring ithe flannel out of the lukewarm raLer and hold It so that you can tutrnt id use it tip and dowit three or four 11ies on the samec place. Rub1) both with I nd against the grain as hard as if yotu t mcre scrubbing the floor, then throw hIe flatinel Itto yoursoap-suds ine, rub fl b1e carpet dry with one of your dry I )wels. If you leave the carpet wet, Ile dust will stick to It and it will smell i mur and utisty. Wash your flatinels t lean inl the soap-suds,wring theni out of C he warm water and proceed as before. t f tChe carpet is very dirty or has much I 'reen In it, uise fresh ox-gall In the tkewarm water, in the proportion of i t uart of gall to three quarts of water, t lid rub the carpet dry, as already di- c ucted. Thli rubbing a carpet raises lie pile and freshten4 Lihe colors. t SrNw.:u Liv:.:n. - Two pounds of i if's liver carefully washed in cold I fater, then cut Into strips three Inches t nig,one iucli thick and one inh wide ; iason with a teaspooifttl of salt and a i itltspoonful of white pepper; dredge t ightly with tiour, fry a light brown ia boiling hot dripplings, turn often to revent burning; put in the bottom of stow. pall two thin slices of salt pork, he fried liver o top of it, with a large ibon stuck with six cloves, a saiall unch oh mixed herbs tied together, nl a half phut of good stock or gravy ; tow slowly for an hour,- take out the 11on, herbs and pork, thIcken the ravy with *a tablespoonful of flour, uibbed smooth lit a tablespoonful ot utter; Let the stew stay on the fire 10 dinutes longer. Cost, 25 cents. Will arvo six persons, with vegetables. . Pr.AI e Ricit .PUDDN.-Three pints 'f milk, three otunces of rice, qix ounces I ulverized sugar, one ounce brtter, a i essert spoollful of vanilla essence, andI ligit teaspoonful of salt; wash tie t Ice carefully in three Waters, put in a I an otr dish, with th') salt and half the % tilk ; put it back ont the stove where it ( vill sinir slowly for two hours, stir lug occasionally to prevent the rice a ettling; in half i hour begin to add hie rest of the milk, slowly, so as not o stop the slmmtring; Jtst before tauk ng it from the stove add the butter, ugar and vanilla; serve In the pan in vitich it i8 cooked; 10 minntes in a I toderate ovetn will brown it nicely ; it C an be served either hot or cold. It is allicient for six perstons, and costs 20 I ent. t l'New: A 1.n1nr's Pnt.-etto Ceam11kil oie-hlalf pounid fresh buttor. nid Imlix with an equal weight of flue vite sugar. Add to these first the C oiks and1( then the whites ot five eggs, 1 i'tch have been toroughly3 beaten part. thirow in lightly one-half pound3t~ 1in0 hour and1( one-half poun1 d stonedi atisinus. Put these Ingredients, wellc rixed, into a buttered miold or floured loth, and boll for three htouirs. Serve ilith swveet sauee. Tuita use of mustard water for destroy ng Iisets ini the soil of flower-pots ima recently been recommiiended. A I ablespoonful of' mustard to a gallon of rater. PERsoNs livIng in marshy districts, viho are exposed to mIasmatic exhala lons, will find that ltme juice mnixedl vith water and1( taken freely as- a boy rage, wila prove an'excellent preven- ,t lye of' malarial fevers. Snakes as Pete. Of all ungrateful, ill-conditioned, dis greeable reptiles, the black-snake. akes the lead, and, with the exception f the comn wi~iater-3nake, .is tile tmost mugnacious of all .serpents I ever tandled ; it would bite .nlercely when aught, anid, further, it would bite in aplivity whenever the temptatIon o'' ered. We could not tame It tp any ex ent until, by beating' jt smartly andt 'epeatedlhy, wve at length succeeded .in otting It to a state of sullen, reluotant lecenicy. its bite caused some blood to Low, but other wise amtounated to nothi ng. I'Te wvater-asnake .was as snappish td unapprecoiative of kindness .as the 'lack-snake, would bite whent first cap ured, and also afterwarda (durinig cap Ivity, thqugh in this latter state not al vays, but as the caprIce seized it. Th'ie 'apper- head we had onay in two instan es. Onte was brought to us half dead, *ud diedl the same evening. The other vo captured alive by placing the foot well-booted) on the reptile's neok, and nserting the snake by degrees into a >OX. It was always an uncivil, un amnable animal, utterly Indifferent to .e cotmforts and alluremenits of olvil zedl lIfe. We contentted ourselves wIth ettine' him alonie, and looking at him itrougli the wire-gause in front of his. >ox. A large rattlesnake was sent us rom the Blue Mounttains, but it had )en so long in oaDtivity before reach ng us that all the spirit was out of it. lt had larde fangs, but never showed mny disposition to use0 them, anid thoug h we took it from its box a doseni tImes a lay and handled it sometimes not over lelecately, still it never resented any of' heoe libertlcs. Trwenity-five years tavo sii.ce passed away, yet when I tow think of our temerity In tis In utanice, it is never without a shudder. What I did then with impunity and without thought, I would not nw re peat for a millIon of money. Clothes last longer when washed wihh Dobblns' Electrie Soap, (made" by Dragin & Co.. Philadelphia,) because no rubbing is needed. Clothes are worn )ut more on the washboard than on the person. Try it. A 0t.D SKIMS A SMALL AFAIR.-.Mosti P00ple legleot It. Who minus It ? -Yet a cold may urn ioConsmti~on, and then follows almnost sA tako- Dr. 11. Jayntes's Expectora.t. the well cflown ai sadard t' medy forJough. IOods, Con tumptilon, Asihiula, BronohitlBi, ant aln Pulmno UIUMOIOUS. "IF I DON''r, I WoQNT."-Ephrlas ones was a little old man, his face as vrinkled aR a walnut, and his voice as ipy as a tiu whistle. He was brought n for dlstuiblng the peace on the treet.' He was so crianky that he ibowed and kicked pedestrians and efused to "move on " for street car r carriages. Bijah had hard work o put him In a cell, and twice as hard D get him. out. lie had to bring him i ti -arms, and the old man kicked nd scratched like a boy of ten. "Thev- can't nobody shove me round I" squeaked the little old man 8 he was dropped before tihe desk. " [its anybody abused you?" mildly I(ituired the court. No,' beoaue they dasn't do It. I'm little old man, but I won't take a ford of sass from any nlan IIn tihe tate." Do vou want to go home ?" "If I want to go I shall go. If I on't I won't." - Have a family ?" " I wbn 't tell you." Ils Honor saw that lie had atl origl. al character to deal with, so lie said o ilijah : " Take tils iie old man in the corrl or, anl read him Article V I ., and let Am out by the private door." Uncle Elphlas was carried away, kick ngk and clawing. No man outside of wo has any idea what occurred In tihe orridor, It is known that Bijai >rought down four of his best spankers lie other day, and lie hr~s often becm ieard to express the opinion that cer nin hi men deserve ia certain litre of reatment when Lhey got to carrying >n as ti1s 0110 (lid. Thre niews'oys who vere packed in next .o the wall aillem hat they heard old famillar souids, volt laid oil, but it is a mystery that vill nevei- be unraveled. Whon the old 1ain Was let out lie jumped clear into lie glitter 'withi a yell, and a close ob erver could have detected splinters rom a pinq slihgle hatigiug to his coat aills. A nELIarens p'ublication is anuthority or the announcenent that Nebuchad ezzar's (iary has been found in the xcavations at- Babylon. One eitry ays that while lie was (eliroius 1Wilhi ever lie thought 11e had ICeen out to :raze like the beasts of the field. So e0 inltimates that the Bible story of hris ing found out to grass was .founded n a delirious dreani, elh? 'This is ather gauzy. The fact that tie diary otitains entries lor Ia Whole year proves t a miserable fraud anyhow. Nobody ver kept a diary that long. I 'ruNic 'twas in Septeiber, if I ightly now remember, that I heardi a necking at my door; yes, I know 'twas n September, for quite well I iiow re iomber lie had been there about fi'ty ines before: haid beeii thre knock rng at my door. But I opened not, nor vondered, as upon the door ho thiin cred, 'or lie yelle'l "1 say now UillI vou ettle this 'ere bill I bring you ?"i as lie iiswered, calminly answered, " Never iore." 'TII ACKIItAY 1sed to tell of an i isi vonian begging alms from him, who, then Rhe Saw him lput his hands ii i ocket, cried out, " May the blessings I God follow you all your life!" but 'hen lie only piullicd out I is sillil' box, mmediately added, " and never 'over mike ye." A LADY who, in dellance of the Eng Ish law, had married tie Drother of ier deeased husban1, was II tihe habit >f alluding to her first spouse as " her eoor br'othier-i n-law." IF A classic Greek were Iliad be ikely to Troy a Iiomierophiatic phtysi ian, wouldn't lie. *c IF I WVAs driimnk, L shr'd see dourbie, lowv I'm (lead shaber, sure1. I dlon't eo niathin' 'tall.'" "1I0w can welhelp our town ?" asks ChIcago edit'or. Did you1 everi tr'y caving It? A DAYTON nun boasts of a dog that as learned to saioks. It m'ust'be a lii 10 whiffit. IN FURNISHIING a house the most hat active f'urnitute should be- placed in hre hall. "'You can't mm~rplain,'.' as the high vayman remlar'ked, ivhen he shot the raveler. THE~RE is iiOting more depressing to Sthermometer thain cold water. TABLE of inlterest-Thie dictionary. MODERN Ros-The life of a tramp. GREEN npplcs strike below tile belt. A BOOT, to Humanity le anything t'at vill ease pain, and a publin benefactor one who is able.to relieve human ailmnente. The most painful of all bodily ills is surely piles, and suoh has boen the absurd, mpirioal barbjarors treatment of Ibis terrible Uisease for 8000 years that scien~tineo men began 0o despair, apd a distinguished modern surgeon ute pronounced it the "opprobium of. the profession." Afflicted mllhons tortured with pain and deceived by the false pretensions of siie nostrums, oriel out in the language of the Bible: "Wiho is thnM that darkenethi counmsel by verdi without knowledge; qanat thou draw out Leviathan withI a hoek?" Dr. *ilsbee is a >enefactor and Aniakesis, the great infallible iile rendy, the moat benenioent discovery of .ie age; a simple, safe, proinpt and permanent rare for this terrilde, painful and heretofore almost inoutable d.sease. Half a million suf erera pronounce It infaillble; none use it without benefit, and doctors of all medical cohools now prescribe it. It is the. discovery >f a scientific chemist and practicing physician after 46 years' experience, angl pronounced to >e tihe nearest to an infallible remedy known. tnakesia. Dr. 8. Bilebee's External Pile Re nedy is sold by all tlrst-olass druvgtgts. Price $1 00 per box. Samples mailed fre to all sur 'erers on application to P. Neuutaodter & Oo., 3ox 890 New York. Tm GREATEST BLEssING.-A simple, pare, harmless remedy, thiateures every Limo, anid.prevents disease by keeping. the blood pure, stomaoh regular, kid ieys and . lIver active, is the greatest blessin g ever coinferred upon manl. Hlop Bitters la that remnedy,qrnd its proprie ors are being blessed by thousands who aave been saved arid cured by it. Will you try Ist See another coltumn, The Value of Tanae.. As in a fire tire lose greatly depends sppn the time tequired for *fmeient aid to arrive, so thre -resulit of cstarrh rreatly depends upon' the speedy use pt aflicient remedies. For over a quarter sf a cep tury, Dr. Sagos. Qatarrh Remedy has been the stand -renfedy. r'he postive oures it has efletedl are num red by thousands. Each year his witnessed an ipereaqd se. Its repu tation Is the result of dsh giror tmeitii. If the disease has extende to the throat er lungs, Dr.. Plerd VGiiklen Mediogl Discovery should h~,used with the Ca' tarrh lietnedfi Thee two mnedicines' will speedily cilte te moat stubborn' ease of datarrh.. SeEth People's Coup mop Sense Medfeal r~' 1' work of thea h , 8* His Christmas. A young man of frank countenance and confidential air halted V policeman I on Griswold street, and asked the offloer w If he knew of a worthy widow woman sit in Detroit, adding: bn "You see, I'm a lone man, and hav- ni ing plenty of dionef in my pocket I feel vi like waking the covning Christmas a Ml joyful one to some poor Widow and her 1o innocent orphans." an bla The oillcer gave him the address of lid three diflerent worthy widows, and the oy man went tils way. in about an hour a soine loud talk ll a saloon ont the street ii attraeted the otlicer's attention, and the V, 'loie man with a big heart came out of k'r the rlace with his coat torn down the th: back. - "Hello I I thought you were anxious to secid a barrel of flour to some poor do widow," said the officer. mc "What I want Is to send hif a bar- he rel. of llpur to sone poor widow," all slowly replied the inan, "and now I'm vic going right off to do it." TI He went tacross the Wood ward avenue do and tried to buy a dog of a boy for five in cents, and then made several men drink with him. He then took a notion to go !6 to tle postolle, but on the way met I the oflicer, who asked him if the flour tik had been sent. "Whaz flour?" demanded the Ine. Pr briate. "Why, that fifty pounds you were W going to send some worthy widow." E. "Wasn'tJoing to shend lfsy pounds P8 -only twenzy-fivo pounds," "replied at the mnan, and he at once started for a krocery. On the way lie fell down and S rolled oif the walk, and being unable to rise word was sent to the offieer, who catme to take him down. Lifting him up, lie asked: "Did you send that flour to that wor thy widow P" Bursting into tears the man leaned Wd over on the blue coat and sobbed out: "Poor wurzy widder-fejot all 'bout i, 'or. Tell her to pull frow some way till Ko'th July an' I'll buy 'er hull buncher tire-crackers I" sic The Folly of Virtue. Pia A very good and plots-looking young IN itan applied for a position in a well- alm known store last week. At'ter Ie had TI introduced himself aid imade known astv Ils wa'Ats, the proprietor informed him i that lie would like tq have a elerk if lie could get one that would suit him11. "I suppose you go to church, eh ?" lie commenced. "Yes, sir." 'Do* you drink?" continued the ierchant, eycing himi11 sharply. "Never!" "Do you use tobacco In any form ?" Here the.young man pusied the qutt A into the roof of his mouth, and replied vith a smile that was clildlike hnd a C bland: "I never use the weed, and Ola never did. I consider it the lowest lug Wol and most shocking habit that a man can and be ac'dicted to." "Do you frequent the3>olIcy shops?" MC "No, sir t never ! "Do you go to the National Theatre, J4 dog fights, or boxing exhibitions ?" "Never wvas at any in my life," was 'r the emphatic reply. for "Cain you tell the ace of diamonds me from the king of clubs?" nel "I know nothing wvhatever of cards I" tab "Do you ever bet?" "No, sir, I don't!" teni "Suppose," said the merchant, "apr man should offer to bet $1,000 to $10 full that a three-legged goat could outrun a greyhound, would you, take im. - Sml "No, sir-!"Dr Then you won't do for this establish ment;. we don't want you-we nevera hire fools! WI That youth won't be *so good next time. The Mtaiden's Leap,.t A daughter of the first Earl ot Gow- as rne was courted by a young gentlemen much hel' inferior in rank and fortune. J Her* familly though they ga've'no ery couragement to the match, permitted him to visit them at their castle of Ruthiven in Perthshlre, and on suchl Thu occaslotns the chamber assigned him wvas in a tower, near atnothier tower in which the ybumig lady slept. On one est of ble visits, the younst lady, before the doors were shut, got into. her lover's *~ apartment, but some of the family hav ing discovered it, told her mother, who, having cut off till possibility of retreat, hastened to surprise them ; the young. lady, however, hea ring the well-knowvn steps of her mnother hobbling up stairs, ran to the leads. atnd took a desperate leap of nine feet four inchies over a chasm of sixty feet fronm the ground, alighted on the battlements of the other 8 tower, whence descending into her owvn chamber, shte crept linto bed. Her mother having in vatin sought her in her lover's chamber, came into her - room, where, finding her seemingly asleep, she apologized for her unljulst Pu susepicion. Vlhe youmng lady eloped theo following ntight, and wvas married. ? Tile chasm between the towers is still shown under thte appellation of the SItmulate the Shtggtsti Kludneys. f Itn addition to Its tonic and eathartlo prop 01 tien, Hostetterk 8tomach Bitters exer ises a beniefleial influeonc upon the kidneys and -tudder, when they aro inactive, by stimutla ting them to renewedl exertton, thuts reopen- f ing, as it wore, a sluios for the osciapo of 1m puritios whose regutlar channel of exit in. the organs of urinatiotn. Among tho.-o are certain abnormal and inflammAtory elements, pro ductivoe of, Ira parabhb injury to the system if net etntirely expelled. The, kidneys and blad der themselves are also benefltted by this stimulus, as thetir intactivity is usually a pro linminary to their disease and disorgan'satton. They also oxpprienoe, in common with other port'o*s*of tif. byat.. the ,oteninigora. live effects 'Of the Bitters, whielA furthermore corrects disordered conditions of the stomach, bowels and liver. HriEL4KL..' Tx'rran OrNThIENT will Onte sore' I Eyolids, iSore Noe, Barber's itoh ott the faie, or Orocers' Itoh on the hands. It never fail JPhnison, Holloway &O00, . CO .0Arch 86h, Phius, Pa, Tis dreadful diseaae, tito doetors tell. us, ies ii' the blood, and bellovig th'e to be true, no advis 9 4 err tQ ty Dang s Rhbt u IIE8KEELL's TETrER liNTMENr will oure all ibby or scaly diseasee of the skin. t. F. Kunkel's Bitter Wine of Iron s never boen known to fail in the our* of akness attended with symptoms of indispo ion to exertion, Ions of memory, diffioulty in athiug, weakness, horror of disease, weak, rvous trembling, dreadful horror of death. glit sweats, cold feet, weakness, dimness of ion, 'languor, universal lassitude of the iscular system. enormous appetite with dve ptic ymptoms, hot hands. flushing of the Jy, dryness of the akin, pallid countenance d eruptions on the face, purifying the *od, pain in the back, heaviness in the eye e, frequent black spots flybig before tho 3s, with suffusion and los of sight, want of ontion, &c. Mold on y in $1 0 bottles, or bottles for $5.00. Ask for E. F. Kunkol's tor Wine of Iron. and take no other. Ask ur druggist, and if he has it not, send to Lprietor, E. F. Kunkel, No. 259 North Ninth cet, Philadelphia. Pa. Advice free; onoloso eo-cent stamp. Worms. Wormo. Wornms. E. F. Kunkel's Worm Syrup never fails to stroy Pin, Seat and Stomach Worms. Dr. inkol the only successful physician who re >ves Tape Worm in two hours, alive with ad, and no fee until removed. Common se teaches if Tape Worm can be removed other worms can be readily destroyed. Ad o at ofloo and store, free, The doctor can I whether or not the patient has worms. ousands are dying daily, with worms, and not know it. Fita. silasms, cramps, chok and suffocation, sallow complexion, circles )und the eyes. swelling and pala in the 'moch, restless at night, grinding of the ilh, picking at the nose, cough, fover, itch g at the seat, headache, foul breath, the pa nt grows pale and thin, tickling and irrita n in the anus-all these symptoms, and >ro, come from worms. . F. KUNEEL'S DM IYituP never fails to remove them. ice, $1 per I ottle. or six bottles for $5.00. or Tape Worm write and consult thodoctor.) r all others, buy of your druggists the >rm Syrup, and if he has it not, send to Dn. F, KUNKFL, 259 N. Ninth St., Philadelphia, . 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'EOit Particulars, Call on our Dealers or write to us for Illustrated Circular. which we snifree HOP BITTERS. (A Bledicino1, not-aL.Drink,) OoNTAIN@ HOPS# BUCIiU. MANDRAKE, DANDELION, XD T= PunusT AND BZT AIRDlon. QVAraMO OF ALL OTJMIa DITTs, "T 'ET C ,".t*E A Diseases of the Stomach, Bowels, Blood, Ltier Kdneys, and Urinary Organs, Fervousnes,.9Bep l81ess and especially Female Complaints. $1000 IN GOLD. ill be paid for a ease theywill not cure or help, or or anything impdre or injurious found in them. Ask your druggist for Ilop Bitters and try them eforo you sleep. Take no other. OP CouO CUBA is the sweetest tft and best Ask Children ndba o HOP PAD for Stomnach, Liver and Kldnq" superior to all other. AskDrugglast 1. 0. Is an absoluto and Irresistible ours t ruDkeneis, use of opium, tobacco an c , Bend for circular. Al abovesoldbydrasta. Hop Bitten Mtg. Co. RchesterN. Y DR. M. W. CASE'S Liver Remedy BLOOD PURIFIER Is Tonic, Cordial, Alti-Billous. 1UREF AHia HEDA*""sNUAG" I EVER ADA x.PALPITATION, ;ONsUMPTlo.. DYSPEPSIA and a."lt"lins"ofso t oa.'s!, Liver, gttid Blood. Rtbids) h sys~tous, Is mscaant to tAl-so denot aekongi oe ain xor leavo the systemn COn HO W TO BE inif'i"Il~ii YOUR OWN foMtn"Mses DOCTOR. L't*r'naic"~dite: AUEa frmhis avort l re~crltlon, 6sed tahi owen al knw emedis a It sucessa ,a .,i ,ronder 'n?. AND O NY GsnDUCST o re.et o Circuslar and 'ermts to A ent. HOEMEDICINE CO., P~hldl ihiai. Sd b al Drugsta, Unortlet ~irs an Ints. ri lox I r~ foer ~31 set~y res s atpr t( ESTABLBRED 184. MORGAN & HEADLY, Imnpaders of Diamonds 618 SANIOM street, Painadelpaala. fllastrated Price List sent to the traie *on appliation.. PERMANENT INTERNATIONA L EX HIBITION I OENTENNIAL~ GnOUNDM. Wr OPEN'EVERY DAY. gg Admissiong26 Gnts. Children, 10 Cents, Splepdid aa of s~hit I d epat of 5.1: L'PEOIAL MUSICAL ATTBACTIONS DAILY. Also, the Largest BOisER SK ATING RINK IN;TM! WORLD. frm2 todjoP ,.andon Wod toa an Sadr day evenhinge from 7fto 10* o'el . ad r THE3 BUILDING IS AERATED, sotix 1IAto Co., 2! 15t Stre, . IA RECORD. AND LARGEST ENT NEWSPAPER ED STATES. SHES A MIATED PRESS NEWS. ISHIES te Market Reports. l'PRISING SP EcIA LTIES MAAXR FOR AN~Y LOCALITY. P.ree of .Xstape a nth for 35 cents. ER 48,000 COPIE~S D~AILY. '1ZEE T$ANY ADDRESS. D YN1adelphia,